1992: Dan Quayle's spelling beeThe vice president of the United States spells "potato" wrong during a media event at a Trenton school, a gaffe that haunts him through the coming campaign.

1993: A 350-year-old problem -- solved!A shy and secretive Princeton genius fulfills his life's ambition -- and the dreams of countless mathematicians -- by cracking a 17th-century puzzle known as "Fermat's last theorem."

1994: And the Thunder rollsSam Plumeri Sr. puts his money where his dream is and brings professional baseball back to Trenton for the first time in almost 50 years.1995: ChristiemaniaNew Jersey's first woman governor is popular with moderate Republicans across the U.S., who view her -- temporarily -- as presidential or vice-presidential timber.1996: The biggest blizzardIn 37 hours of nonstp snow, Greater Trenton is paralyzed under a white blanker two feet thick. It's the storm today's children will tell their grandchildren about.1997: Justice for MeganThe murder of the 7-year-old Hamilton girl by a convicted molester who lives across the street creates Mercer's trial of the century and leads to neighborhood notification laws.

1998: Snake eyes at the BaronHamilton's dirty little secret is exposed when state troopers raid a social club known for its charity work and discover it's also a casino frequented by the town's political elite.1999: Profile of controversyState authorities concede that troopers have been stopping motorists based on their race, stirring racial protest on the eve of a key Trenton referendum on who controls the local police department.